{"id":79737,"date":"2013-12-28T19:25:24","date_gmt":"2013-12-29T03:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=79737"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:20:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:20:28","slug":"ufc-168-results-poirier-punishes-brandao-for-missing-weight-wins-by-tko-in-round-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ufc-168-results-poirier-punishes-brandao-for-missing-weight-wins-by-tko-in-round-1\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 168 Results: Poirier Punishes Brandao For Missing Weight, Wins By TKO In Round 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dustin-poirier-wins-PNG.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dustin-poirier-wins-PNG.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"dustin poirier wins PNG\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-79739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dustin-poirier-wins-PNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dustin-poirier-wins-PNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dustin-poirier-wins-PNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dustin Poirier and Diego Brandao met in the middle of the octagon and didn&#8217;t hold back from throwing dangerous strikes right from the start.<\/p>\n<p>The fight was fairly even except for the fact that Dustin Poirier was landing the more fight-threatening shots. Diego Brandao was doing a decent job at changing levels but the majority of shots that landed were leg kicks and body shots whereas Poirier tended to headhunt more. <\/p>\n<p>Poirier controlled where the fight went and backed Brandao against the cage multiple times and he was able to capitalize with a minute left. <\/p>\n<p>He popped Brandao with a combination of hard shots that pinned him against the cage and Poirier started unloading. Brandao was doing a decent job at defending the shots but Poirier took to the body which caused Brandao&#8217;s guard to go down. Poirier unloaded on the face of Brandao and it wasn&#8217;t long before he collapsed. Poirier followed him and pounded on his head until the referee peeled him off with eight seconds to go.<\/p>\n<p>Dustin Poirier defeated Diego Brandao by way of TKO (Puches) 4:54 into Round 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dustin Poirier and Diego Brandao met in the middle of the octagon and didn&#8217;t hold back from throwing dangerous strikes right from the start. The fight was fairly even except for the fact that Dustin Poirier was landing the more fight-threatening shots. 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